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House Party

1990 · directed by Reginald Hudlin · 104 min · R
24,251 feet · Prominence
765th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $26m, re-releases included; about $67m in 2026 money.

Rank3,672 of 11,051In 199047 of 147

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise85

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Registry landmark of hip-hop cinema; iconic dance.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb6.5 from 18kWikipedia8k views a monthAge36 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 798 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 51 praise 85 legacy 55averages 64, placing it at24,251 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Christopher Reid18,688 ftChristopher Martin18,491 ftMartin Lawrence18,173 ftPaul Anthony17,959 ftBowlegged Lou17,790 ft